Ted Stevens: “I supported the Veteran Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act to secure funding for veterans' health care 1…”

They are not numbers. They were people, living, breathing, caring, loving people. And they're not anymore. And there is no rational explanation as to why not.

In 2003, Alaska's own Senator Ted Stevens singled out Alaska Tribes for exceptionally harsh financial restrictions.

The NALEMP annual appropriation was first drafted in 1993 by Senator Ted Stevens and Senator Daniel Inouye.

I do believe that it is of such significance that we cannot turn away from it.